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 The Story of the Chicago Seven and the Infamous 1969 TrialBy: DerekOctober 12, 2020 Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Trial of the Chicago 7 releases for streaming on Netflix . . . |
 A Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Reading ListBy: DerekOctober 7, 2020 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is one of the giants of contemporary literature. |
 New Press Authors Among the 2020 MacArthur FellowsBy: DerekOctober 6, 2020 Every year the MacArthur Foundation announces a new class of fellows. |
 Happy Birthday Andrea Dworkin! A Timeline of Dworkin's Life and WorkBy: emilySeptember 26, 2020 One of the most controversial and iconoclastic feminists of the twentieth century, Andrea Dworkin was born on this day in 1946. |
 Author Spotlight: A Conversation with Lawrence RosenthalBy: AnonymousSeptember 15, 2020 In 2016, American right-wing populists migrated from the free marketeering Tea Party to Donald Trump’s “hard hat,” anti-immigrant, America-First . . . |
 8 Books to Read for National Translation MonthBy: PublicitySeptember 8, 2020 September is National Translation Month, a month to . . . |
 12 Books Every Worker in America Should Read for Labor DayBy: PublicitySeptember 1, 2020 The first Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5th, 1882 as a demonstration for worker’s rights. |
 8 Books on the Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education in the United StatesBy: DerekAugust 20, 2020 When most Americans think of college, they conjure pre-pandemic images of young adults fresh out of high school strolling across bucolic . . . |
 The Horror of Sundown Towns in HBO's "Lovecraft Country"By: PublicityAugust 20, 2020 The first episode of “Lovecraft Country,” a new sci-fi/horror series from Jordan Peele, Misha Green, and J.J. |
 Two Books Behind Nice White ParentsBy: DerekAugust 18, 2020 This summer the New York Times and Serial released . . . |
 Author Spotlight: A Conversation with Ellis CoseBy: DerekAugust 17, 2020 In the newly published Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU’s 100-Year . . . |
 11 Books to Understand the 2020 Presidential ElectionBy: PublicityAugust 7, 2020 The 2020 presidential election is rapidly approaching, and it holds the potential for a monumental reckoning of American democracy. |